everyone has jumped on these,
dont they take like a yr to earn back their cost?
my dad has a small one which does chips, but for me the mc cain triple cook are the best haha
Decent De1pro v1.45 - Niche Duo - Niche Zero - Decent is the best machine ever made -
I have a halogen oven now which I like but one thing it does not do well, is crisp things up. At 1700 watts it is 1300 watts less than a normal kitchen oven, plus having a heating element top and bottom I believe it cooks things evenly and even faster than a normal air fryer without the need to stop and turn things over.
Have to find a decent recipe site now!
dfk41 It has just gone up in price by £10 since I last looked 10 minutes ago!
They are clearly price segmenting aggressively. I just did a search using an “incognito” window, and the price is £179.99 for me… 😁
I bought mine more for doing healthier chips etc. It’s extremely versatile and very easy to clean (dishwasher safe etc.). The fact It’s a lot cheaper to run than an oven now is an added bonus.
My parents got one from Costco after seeing mine. Was only £60 or so, which is insanely cheap. Just found it - £58:
We have a Breville countertop convection oven that also has air fryer capability. Based on our usage, I’m happy that it has the air fryer function, but I’m also happy that it’s not a single function appliance.
It costs more than the Cosori Dual Blaze that you mentioned, but it also does a lot more, and has a smaller footprint than a couple of countertop appliances, and that’s something we’re always looking for.
I was really close to buying an air fryer but I have a Panasonic microwave convection oven combo. Doesn’t the fan assisted convection oven bit do the same as an air fryer? If so, I don’t see the point of adding yet another appliance…or am I missing something?
Pompeyexile I have the same oven by Panasonic, don’t feel an air fryer would benefit me. Although after Xmas they might be giving them away.
DavecUK They are not the same! I have a Cosori Dual Blaze. It has an enormous basket and is unique as it has heating elements and fans both top and bottom. This means your food cooks much faster at at 1700 watts efficiently. An example, I cooked a 2.5 kg chicken absolutely perfectly in 60 minutes exactly. Can yours do that? The normal cooking time is 30 mins per 500 gms plus 30 over
dfk41 I cooked a 2.5 kg chicken absolutely perfectly in 60 minutes exactly. Can yours do that?
Yes, because I can have as many combination functions as I want one of them can cook a larger chicken than that in 60m. Jacket potatoes are very fast too. I en and Microwave at once. Plus I have turbo bake, much like an air fryer.
DavecUK Sorry, did you mention the cost of purchase, I am not sure! 
dfk41 well it’s about £70 to £100 less than I would spend if I bought an air fryer, because I’ve already got it.
Pompeyexile I was really close to buying an air fryer but I have a Panasonic microwave convection oven combo. Doesn’t the fan assisted convection oven bit do the same as an air fryer?
I don’t think that a convection oven does exactly the same thing as an air fryer, although they are very similar in how they work. We have a Breville combination toaster oven/convection oven/air fryer. Judging from how it works in different modes, I see three ways that the air fryer mode is different from the convection oven mode.
These three differences make sense to me. A convection oven uses the fan to circulate air around a little bit to help eliminate hot spots in the oven, leading to better baking. Once you’re at your target temperature, you don’t need much extra heat to maintain that environment for baking.
The air fryer mode doesn’t just bring the heat up to the target temperature. To get that frying effect, you also need to carry away moisture from the surface of whatever you’re air frying. I think this is why you need the wire basket and to heat from top and bottom, so that all sides of the food are exposed. This is also why the fan is cranked up, to help carry moisture away from the surface of the food.
Looking at the Panasonic combination microwave oven combos, I see one model where it says it has an air fryer function, so if your unit had that mode, I’m sure Panasonic would have let everyone know about it.
The £100 or so that an air fryer costs would allow you to run a standard 2 kw convection oven for about 150 hours even at current domestic prices - maybe even more depending on the efficiency of the oven. You need to cook a lot of chickens before you get pay back from an air fryer purchase. :-) Plus you can put your potatoes etc in the oven with the chicken to roast at the same time!
Gagaryn A 2.5 kg chicken in a normal oven would take circa 3 hours @ 2kw per hour. In my air fryer, it takes 60 minutes @ 1700 watts. Roast potatoes take 25 minutes which is jus a nice amount of time to let the chicken rest, before carving and doing the rest! My fixed tariff is approximately 20p per KwH so that is 120p versus 34p on the chicken alone. Not enough to go on holiday with I grant you, but when added to the other small savings we make in trying to achieve energy efficiency it certainly helps
wilburpan it’s called turbo bake on mine, and it can be combined with the microwave.
I was in Tesco last night and did scope out their Tesco Go Cook specially made super high quality finest air fryer for £70.
I thought, I’ll keep an eye out for this to be £35 after Xmas….once the fad ends!
One needs a lot of counter space for all those appliances we absolutely must have to save energy. 🙃
The amount of stuff we need is staggering, thinking of buying a large diesel 4X4 to transport it all.
seriously though I have managed to get my leccy usage down to about 5.5kW per day now. I expect it will rise when I actually turn the consumer unit back on 🙄
On a serious note My old Fridge Freezer was using far more energy than I realised and wasn’t getting as cold as it should (which I only realised when I replaced it. Mine was a 50/50 split 16 years old and meant to use 361kW per annum. I purchased one (70/30 split) which had more capacity in fridge and freezer compartments for the same size. It uses 169kW per year. My old one was using far more than it’s original specifications after 16 years and I noticed a significant energy saving one I installed the new one. I’m talking probably 1.5kW per day or more and it actually gets properly cold. It should pay for itself in about 4 or 5 years!!
